For purposes of this article:
(1) "Auditor" means the officer charged by law with the assessment of ad valorem taxes and assessments and with the mailing of tax notices.
(2) "Collateral" means the mobile or manufactured home in which a lienholder holds a security interest.
(3) "Collateral list" means a written list, including all supplements, that a lienholder provides to a tax collector pursuant to this article, listing the lienholder's collateral that, according to the United States Postal Zip Codes shown in the lienholder's records as the mailing address where the collateral is situate, is located within a county of this State.
(4) "Department" means the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles.
(5) "Lien" means a mortgage or a security interest.
(6) "Lienholder" means the owner, holder, or servicing agent of a lien affecting a mobile or manufactured home as security for the payment of money.
(7) "Mobile home" or "manufactured home" is as defined as provided in Sections 12-43-230(b) and 40-29-20(9).
(8) "Mortgage" means a mortgage, deed of trust, or other written instrument covering or affecting real property as security for the payment of money.
(9) "Mortgagee" means the mortgagee identified in a mortgage of record or any holder or assignee of the mortgage.
(10) "Mortgagee list" means a written list, including all supplements, that a mortgagee provides to a tax collector pursuant to this article, showing the current name and address of the mortgagee/holder of the mortgages listed on it within a county of this State.
(11) "Office of the register of deeds" means the office in each county where real property deeds and mortgages are recorded.
(12) "Security interest" means an interest created by a security agreement or other written instrument covering a mobile or manufactured home for the payment of money.
(13) "Tax collector" means the officer charged by law with the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes, assessments, penalties, and costs.
(14) "Tax title" means a deed for real property or a bill of sale for personal property.
(15) "The most current" means the latest in time.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 238, Section 4, eff March 15, 2006; 2006 Act No. 386, Section 49.B, eff June 14, 2006; 2015 Act No. 87 (S.379), Section 51, eff June 11, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2015 Act No. 87, Section 51, in (14), substituted "or a bill of sale" for "and a bill of sale".
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